When I was a child, I liked to eat loofah best. In the second autumn of every year, my mother doesn't cook at night, and often uses loofah to make soup for dinner. Our local practice is to cut the loofah into strips, fry it with lard first, and then put a proper amount of water. There can't be much water here. Generally, a bowl of soup contains more than half a bowl of loofah and less than half a bowl of water. Put the eggs after the water is boiled. There are two bowls for one person in a family, just enough to eat.
In fact, loofah has many other uses besides eating. For example, when the skin itches in summer, you can use the leaves of loofah to squeeze out juice to wipe the skin, which can relieve itching. If you have acne on your face or slight burn on your skin, you can also treat it in this way, and the effect is very good.
In addition, shredded melon pulp is the most commonly used tool for farmers to brush bowls. In autumn, when the loofah is old, it is expected to come down, remove the outer skin, peel off the pulp and dry it. When washing dishes in the farmhouse, it is better than any rag. In addition, some people use silk pulp as insoles. It's breathable and not smelly.
Modern people's use of silk melon pulp is more diverse. Some people use it as a handicraft, and some even use it as a vase to raise flowers. They're all beautiful. In addition, loofah has certain medicinal value and belongs to a kind of medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine.
Personally, I don't like loofah, just like scrambled eggs. I think these two dishes are shallow and have a taste that is difficult to swallow. For example, eggs have a fishy smell, and loofah has a slight smell of grass.
Maybe my taste buds are too sensitive, but I can really taste this bad taste, so I refused to eat scrambled eggs and fried loofah for most of my life. It was not until two things happened that I began to force myself to eat loofah as medicine.
A few days ago, my heel hurt, so I took a film in our local town hospital. The doctor told me that it was hyperosteogeny, that is, a spur on the heel. The doctor advised me to go home and supplement calcium and vitamins. The doctor in charge told me clearly that calcium supplementation is not as simple as farmers think. Eat calcium tablets, shrimp skin and pig bone soup. Although these things contain high calcium, they may not be absorbed by the human body. The best way to supplement calcium and vitamins is to eat more vegetables, and various nutrients such as calcium and vitamins in vegetables are more easily absorbed by the human body.
So the recommended vegetables are loofah, rape, spinach and many other green vegetables. When I said that loofah was not delicious, the doctor smiled and said that I refused the best women's food. It turns out that loofah is not only rich in vitamins and amino acids, but also has the effect of helping women beauty beauty.
Another point is that the female friends of loofah menopause have a certain alleviating effect. My sister has been very weak this year, sitting still and sweating often, and she looks a lot haggard. My sister said it was menopause.
So one day I learned about the function of loofah and told my sister. You can soak in water with loofah, drink it every day and eat more loofah. Luffa can relieve menopause and regulate your body. Luffa can not only regulate women's body, but also has the function of beauty beauty. Unlike me, I am picky about food. I am an inhuman sister who suffers from illness. Every summer, I drink water from a big bottle of water soaked in loofah. Since I had loofah, I have eaten it every meal.
No, just after the summer vacation, my sister came back the other day. I felt ashamed to see her, obviously three years younger than her, but at this time I saw that she was at least four or five years younger than me. My elder sister smiled and advised me to change your picky eaters quickly. Eating loofah is really good for your skin.
I don't care about the beauty function of loofah, but I just want to know whether loofah can relieve menopause. My sister said she should. Sweating is not explosive now, and I'm not so upset. The whole person feels refreshed and relaxed.
Small towel gourd has a great effect, which can relieve the discomfort of women's physiological cycle, regulate irregular menstruation, relieve menopausal symptoms and maintain women's skin.
Every household in the village grows loofah, which saves time and effort, produces many fruits and is conducive to survival. I remember when I was a child, there was a slope next to the well behind my kitchen, and peach trees were planted on it. My mother planted two towel gourd seedlings! I didn't care about the back until the vines came out. My mother put the vine on that slope and let it grow. Flowers grow behind, getting longer and longer, and there are more and more flowers. My mother picked some flowers and soaked them in clear oil and put them in a glass jar! Let it go and put it under the bed! Mom said this can be used to thicken the wound. In summer, children get prickly heat. If it is not handled properly, it will grow into a hard block and the inside will become thicker! It's really been two days since I painted this. When the loofah is ripe, it will be out of control, because there are too many fruits, and you will never win! Eat until you are old, but still blossom and bear fruit, which can last for several months! My mother seldom gets it after autumn. She said that loofah in autumn is easy to have diarrhea if it eats bad intestines! So when these loofahs get old, peel off their shells and wash the pot with the noise inside!
So I summed it up. Luffa has three beauties.
First of all, you can eat, not only delicious, but also you don't have to worry about not having enough to eat.
Second, you can use medicine! Detoxification and suppuration
Third, it can be used as kitchen supplies. Very good, very good! !
We can't eat all kinds of loofah in the countryside. We can send them to our relatives and friends, make pickles and feed them to pigs. When they are old, loofah can be used as insoles and wash dishes. Now let me talk about how to do it in detail.
And neighbors use loofah to make pickles. Just like flooding cucumbers, they flooded the loofah with salt and then pickled it with soy sauce, ginger and garlic. So you can have pickles at any time. My mother always washes dishes with loofah. She always peels off the old loofah and then washes the dishes with it, which is much better than the dish washing yarn she bought.
In our place, some people use loofah as insoles, which can sweat and refresh themselves. The most important thing is the pure natural pollution-free insole.
Luffa is very common in rural areas. People often plant this climbing towel gourd in the open space in front of and behind the house. Just after the turn of summer and autumn, it is often eaten as seasonal vegetables, cold salad, boiled soup and scrambled eggs, which tastes delicious. But loofah is not only used for eating, but also has many uses.
Luffa is inedible when it is ripe, because the inside of it is covered with fibrous web. People call this natural vascular tissue with three-dimensional network structure "Luffa" or "Luffa sponge".
Luffa sponge has certain toughness and elasticity, and is a natural "bowl-brushing artifact". After peeling and removing seeds, the mature loofah sponge is formed as a whole, full of scientific and technological sense. It is cut into several sections for washing dishes and pots, which is light and pollution-free. Nowadays, cleaning products made of loofah are not only popular in China, but also become "explosive" abroad, which has won the favor of international friends.
The net-like loofah we see is its external form. If we cut any of its fibers, we will find that its internal structure is also a network structure. This multi-stage porous structure is a rare high-quality adsorption material, which can be used in pesticide degradation, polluted sewage treatment and other scenes.
The average BET specific surface area of towel gourd fiber is as high as 123m 2 /g, which is used to make membrane reactors and realize continuous and efficient biocatalytic reaction. Therefore, there is still a lot of room to explore the utilization value of loofah in industrial materials, biotechnology, microbial engineering and so on.
In addition, loofah seeds in loofah are also rich in fat, which is used to make loofah seed oil and biodiesel.
Do you also know the use of loofah?
Luffa, as a common vegetable, is very popular with the public and has a wide planting range. After long-term planting selection, there are many varieties of loofah now. With the continuous development of people, loofah is not only delicious on our table, but also widely used in other fields.
In rural areas, almost every family will plant loofah, and one or two loofahs will be planted on the wall of my Westinghouse every year. Lush loofah undoubtedly adds a touch of vitality to the mottled wall. Westinghouse is exposed to the sun for a long time in summer, and people will feel very hot inside. The wall covered with loofah seedlings virtually added a layer of sunscreen net to the home, and the effect was really obvious.
When it comes to other uses of loofah, the first thing that comes to mind is to brush bowls and pots with loofah. People use loofah to brush dishes for a long time, especially now many kitchen utensils have some special coatings, which are easy to be damaged if the cleaning tools are used improperly, but the dishwashing tools made of loofah are not always worried about these problems. When the loofah is completely aged, it is picked again, and the seeds and shells of the loofah are removed, leaving the loofah. With people's further creative development and utilization, loofah has many uses in our daily life.
1. Loofah sponge is also used as a teacup brush, similar to washing dishes, but after simple processing and changing the shape, I don't need to say more about the effect. 2. Soap box pad. Everyone will have a worry, that is, it is very troublesome to clean up our soap box after use. If we put towel gourd on it, it will play a very good role.
3. Luffa can also be used as a heat insulation pad after processing. It is simple, simple and generous to compress the towel gourd into a thin pad, trim it into the shape we want and put it on our dining table as a thermal insulation pad.
4. Used as an isolation layer. We can put things like moth balls in loofah and put them in the closet. It can not only play the role of mothballs, but also prevent mothballs from directly contacting clothes, which is very easy to use.
1. Used as a bath towel. Northerners like to take a bath. Have you ever tried taking a bath with a loofah? I'm telling you, it's not comfortable. You can have a try.
2. Processing insoles and shoes. Some people sew the processed loofah into insoles or furniture slippers. These insoles and furniture slippers absorb sweat, breathe freely and deodorize, which are pure natural and pollution-free.
3. Used as a shock absorber. The damping materials we use now are basically foam or inflatable cushions. According to the characteristics of loofah, it can completely replace foam as a shock absorber. In particular, the cultivated super-large variety Luffa is easier to process and utilize.
There are also many artists who make loofah into various handicrafts for decoration.
In fact, there are many varieties of loofah, most of which are eaten as vegetables, but there is another variety. This variety of loofah seedlings produce a particularly large loofah, which is mainly harvested when the loofah is old. This kind of towel gourd is large in shape, easier to process and utilize, and also has good economic benefits.
1 It's good for women to eat more loofah. Luffa contains B vitamins and whitening vitamin C to prevent skin aging, which can effectively prevent skin aging, eliminate plaque and make skin white, tender and smooth. It is a rare natural skin care product.
Luffa leaves also have the effect of relieving skin itching. Fresh loofah leaves can be mashed and applied to the skin, which can effectively alleviate the problem of itchy skin.
Luffa water has a good skin care effect and can also alleviate the problem of facial acne. The way of loofah water mainly comes from loofah vine, which can be cut off. Put one end in a clean bottle, and the loofah water will flow into the bottle along the vine. Then apply loofah water to the acne area. In a few days, the acne will disappear and the excess oil on your face will be removed.
Luffa flower has the function of relieving summer heat. Usually using loofah flowers to make soup can effectively alleviate the discomfort caused by the hot summer weather. You can also add loofah flowers when cooking mung bean soup, which will double the effect of summer heat.
When the loofah is old, it will be easy to produce the pulp of the loofah. Dry the towel gourd, cut it in half, and remove the skin and seeds. If you have the habit of beriberi and foot odor, you can put it in your shoes for deodorization and sterilization.
Nowadays, loofah is a very common seasonal dish in summer, and it is the most suitable for making soup to relieve boredom. But have you ever thought that if you travel to the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to eat this common vegetable in summer.
Luffa was introduced to China around the Southern Song Dynasty. Lu You, a great scholar, once praised it enthusiastically, "Luffa washes the inkstone without damaging the inkstone and leaving all stains."
Although loofah is popular in north and south now, don't underestimate it. The whole body can be used as medicine, and the detail that needs attention is that it is best to use the old loofah as medicine. In rural areas, every late autumn, a few large loofahs are deliberately left, which are used for planting and washing dishes, which is called loofah.
Luffa sponge has the effects of dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying, dredging meridians and treating hematochezia after defecation.
Luffa leaf is an expert in treating tinea sores. You can use towel gourd leaves to treat any tinea or fish umbilical ulcer.
The vine root of Luffa can kill insects and detoxify, especially for all kinds of sores, because the root of Luffa is cool and purulent, mostly caused by skin fire. "Deficiency can supplement it, and cold can cause heat ..." Basic treatment principle.
After beginning of autumn, Luffa grew rapidly, which was related to its habit of liking weak light and high temperature difference. In rural areas, loofah is lush and green at the door of every household, but many people may not know the power of loofah. This vegetable, known as a good medicine, plays a magical role in our lives.
Many people will simply fry loofah as a vegetable. We have enjoyed the rich nutrition of loofah. Generally, fried loofah rarely adds water, because the water is sufficient, and once peeled loofah is left for too long, it will turn black. Mainly because loofah contains a lot of vitamins, it will produce oxidation reaction. Therefore, when cooking, you often fry eggs to lock the water. After the towel gourd is cut, soak it in hot water to protect vitamins from losing.
Yes, there is a sticky substance in loofah, which is actually rich in vitamins. We all know the function of vitamins. First of all, I'll give you a simple science popularization. Vitamins participate in human metabolism. Although they do not constitute cells or provide heat, their regulation is indispensable. Once lacking, it will cause many diseases in human body. Let's just say that vitamins are equivalent to rare earths in life, and adding a little can turn decay into magic.
Vitamin content is not much, but it is difficult to obtain, mainly from vegetables. Luffa is rich in vitamins, such as vitamin B, which is known to prevent skin aging, and vitamin C, which can whiten skin. It is the best natural vitamin supplement product. Now people use it for beauty and skin care according to its characteristics. Luffa can be mixed into many cosmetics. In our daily life, it is the main ingredient, plus poria cocos.
Have we neglected the magic of loofah in life? It is a vegetable, but it is not a simple vegetable. Its magic lies in that all parts of the body are good medicine. Roots can be used to reduce swelling and treat nasal congestion and runny nose. Luffa vine can cure lumbago and leg pain, seeds can cure cough, pericarp can cure furuncle, and there is also the magical Luffa, which has powerful effects of clearing heat, diuresis, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Luffa is called a good medicine, worthy of the name.
In life, ordinary things often contain precious things, such as loofah. The effect inside is really beyond the reach of a carriage. Dear friends, do you know its efficacy? Welcome to leave a message for discussion, thank you.
As the weather turns cold after autumn, loofah likes to enjoy the cool, and the loofah planted in rural areas enters the peak period of fruiting. So, what can loofah be used for besides eating?
1, dispel autumn dryness
At present, when the "autumn tiger" in beginning of autumn is fierce, the sun is hot, the weather becomes dry, and people are more prone to autumn dryness. Fresh loofah is green in color, fresh and tender in taste, cool in nature, and has the effect of clearing heat and removing autumn dryness. Therefore, people who are prone to get angry in autumn dryness may wish to eat more loofah, or use loofah to boil water as tea.
2, skin care and beauty
At present, loofah water has been widely recognized as beauty water. Luffa water is rich in vitamin C, which has a whitening and delicate effect on the skin.
Cutting off the growing loofah vine, and collecting loofah juice flowing from the vine to obtain loofah water; Fresh loofah can also be squeezed directly.
In rural areas, loofahs are dense in autumn, and usually many loofahs get old. These old loofahs are all melon seeds. What's the use?
1, used as medicine
Air-dried old loofah, melon seeds and black loofah seeds are all treasures. In Chinese herbal medicine, both luffa and old luffa seeds can be used as medicine. In the town fair, there will be dealers who specialize in buying old loofah after autumn.
2. Smell and moisture absorption
The wardrobe at home has been stored for a long time and generally smells bad; And in spring, the wardrobe is easy to get wet. At this time, you can use a loofah with melon seeds removed, stuff it into moth balls and put it in the closet. Loofah is green and harmless, which can not only remove odor and absorb moisture, but also avoid direct contact between moth balls and clothes.
3, daily washing supplies
The dried old loofah can be used as a towel or bath ball. Luffa is green, healthy and environmentally friendly. At present, many people have begun to choose this pure natural product, and some manufacturers process and sell it.
In addition to washing face and bathing, loofah is more commonly used to wash dishes and brush pots in rural areas. Luffa is green and natural, and it won't hurt the pots and bowls when washing. Non-toxic and harmless, no residue. In fact, it is a good daily brushing product.
In recent years, there are more and more loofahs in urban kitchen washing products, with different sizes, lengths and qualities. Each loofah ranges from 3 yuan to 8 yuan.